Report Card for VCs

AUTHOR(S)

Schachter, Ken

PUB. DATE

May 2007

SOURCE

Red Herring;5/28/2007, Vol. 4 Issue 17/18, p8

SOURCE TYPE

Trade Publication

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

The article offers information on how startups have rated several venture capital (VC) firms based on postings on The Funded.com Web site. After collecting more than 500 reviews from both experienced and neophyte fundraisers, TheFunded.com late in April 2007 has released a list of the top five venture firms worldwide. Bruce Cleveland, partner with No. 1-ranked InterWest Partners, based in Menlo Park, California, says the site evens a one-sided relationship and may help curb arrogant VC behavior.

Offers a look at venture capitalists in the United States as of October 2004. Increase of institutional investors; Discussion of a fund managed by Flip Gianos of InterWest Partners for high-technology and life-science start-ups.

The article reports on the 1.5 million dollar raised by Indi Molecular from a seed round led by Interwest Partners and other angel investors, which will be used by the company to further develop protein catalyzed capture agent technology.

Presents information how an entrepreneur should approach the problem of attracting venture capital. Preparation for approaching a venture capitalist; Tips in preparing for business plan; Common questions asked by venture capitalists to start-up business.

Reports the venture capital of investors for start-up businesses in New York, New York. Services offered by the BabyPressConference.com site; Description of the UniversityAngels.com site; Views of Lee Perlman, executive of Greater New York Hospital Association, on Internet.

The article reports that Devax Inc., an Irvine-based startup medical device maker, has raised thirty-two million dollars in a fourth round of venture funding in California. The company plans to use to money to finance a study and international marketing of its lead product, the Axxess...

Reports on growth of U.S. venture capital investments in the second quarter of 2004. Indication that venture capitalists are more willing to risk money on new business plans after cleaning up troubled investments from the Internet bubble; Increase in interim returns and new fund formation; More...

The article informs that in the area of making financing available to innovative, sustainable enterprises, there's much to learn from a venture capital firm called Investors' Circle. The company's investment sectors range from environment and energy to education and health care to community...

The article reports on the opportunity offered to venture capitalists by the increase of new small businesses in Long Island, New York. According to Ann-Marie Scheidt, interim executive director of Long Island Capital Alliance, it is the increase in qualified entrepreneurs that is bringing the...